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This is an introductory course to explore the nature of culture and how cultural
anthropologists study cultural phenomena such as language, personality, subsistence,
economics, social and political organization, marriage, kinship systems, religion, the
arts, and culture change. A substantial amount of case material will be drawn
from at least three of the following: African Americans, indigenous peoples of the
United States, Asian Americans, Chicano/Latino Americans, and European Americans.
This course may meet the cultural diversity requirement at transfer universities.
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(54 hours lecture; Degree appropriate, CSU, UC)
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Course Measurable Objectives:
- Examine the field of anthropology and its history as a holistic discipline.
- Explain ethnographic field work and cultural relativism.
- Recognize and analyze ethnocentric attitudes and beliefs in themselves and as expressed by others.
- Illustrate the evolution of culture through the development of civilization.
- Distinguish human language as a unique form of communication.
- Explain and analyze the potential influence of culture on personality development, and on the structure of marriage and the motivation for particular marriage rules.
- Analyze and describe differences between kinship and nonkinship systems of organization in various societies, as well as the various patterns of political organizations.
- Contrast and compare the various subsistence patterns required in various environments including methods of exchange and differences in consumption practices.
- Recognize the universal functions of religion and art in various cultures.
- Evaluate and describe the influence of American culture on various ethnic groups.
- Identify and predict the current and future problems facing humanity.
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